1949 VFL Season: Fitzroy
These are the details of the premiership results for Fitzroy for the 1949 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Brunswick Street Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1949 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Club:
Fitzroy
Home Ground:
Brunswick Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 10-0-9, P%: 97.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickley, Ron | #11 | 7 | 0 | R13-19 |
| Chanter, Vic | #24 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Clay, Bert | #31 | 15 | 0 | R01-11, R14-17 |
| Coates, George | #2 | 17 | 20 | R01-03, R05-13, R15-19 |
| Collins, Jack | #1 | 7 | 5 | R01-05, R08, R15 |
| Curtin, Claude | #34 | 2 | 1 | R13-14 |
| Donnellan, Ray | #13 | 12 | 0 | R06-07, R10-19 |
| Furness, Don | #30 | 2 | 1 | R09-10 |
| Gaffney, Jack | #26 | 14 | 0 | R01-02, R05-07, R10-17, R19 |
| Gale, Alan | #33 | 17 | 1 | R01-04, R07-19 |
| Goodger, Eddie | #15 | 10 | 0 | R10-19 |
| Hart, Eddie | #25 | 13 | 53 | R01-12, R14 |
| Hart, Kevin | #16 | 7 | 2 | R04, R06, R08-09, R12, R14-15 |
| Jarvis, Noel | #27 | 19 | 5 | R01-19 |
| Johnstone, Norm | #17 | 19 | 4 | R01-19 |
| Kennedy, Dick | #9 | 19 | 23 | R01-19 |
| Kettle, Jim | #5 | 17 | 8 | R01-13, R16-19 |
| McLaughlin, Alan | #19 | 13 | 0 | R01-12, R14 |
| Milburn, Reg | #35 | 2 | 0 | R18-19 |
| Miller, Bob | #12 | 12 | 1 | R01-03, R06, R10, R12-18 |
| Moore, Eric | #3 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Nicholls, Geoff | #14 | 6 | 3 | R11-15, R17 |
| Nicholls, Reg | #20 | 17 | 2 | R01-02, R04-13, R15-19 |
| Ross, Ken | #22 | 11 | 3 | R03-09, R12-15 |
| Ruthven, Allan | #7 | 19 | 33 | R01-19 |
| Shillinglaw, Harold | #6 | 9 | 4 | R03-11 |
| Sier, Gerry | #10 | 8 | 0 | R01-07, R09 |
| Simpson, Ron | #5 | 7 | 4 | R01-04, R15-17 |
| Smith, Norm | #4 | 13 | 22 | R01-05, R07-10, R13-14, R18-19 |
| Stephen, Bill | #8 | 14 | 0 | R01-08, R11-12, R16-19 |
| Streader, Jack | #18 | 6 | 3 | R08-09, R13, R17-19 |
| Toohey, Jack | #29 | 15 | 6 | R04-16, R18-19 |
| Vandersluys, Stan | #28 | 7 | 4 | R02-03, R11, R16-19 |
| Waters, Barry | #32 | 1 | 0 | R05 |
| Wright, Ron | #21 | 3 | 0 | R16, R18-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Norm | 19 | 10 | -0- | 9 | R01-19 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/04/1949 | Round 1 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 22 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 23/04/1949 | Round 2 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 1 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 30/04/1949 | Round 3 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 1 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 07/05/1949 | Round 4 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 12 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 14/05/1949 | Round 5 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 38 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 21/05/1949 | Round 6 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 4 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 28/05/1949 | Round 7 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 81 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 04/06/1949 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 19 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 13/06/1949 | Round 9 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 22 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 18/06/1949 | Round 10 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 3 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 02/07/1949 | Round 11 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 9 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 09/07/1949 | Round 12 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 45 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 16/07/1949 | Round 13 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 5 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 23/07/1949 | Round 14 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 10 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 30/07/1949 | Round 15 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 44 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 06/08/1949 | Round 16 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 14 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 13/08/1949 | Round 17 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 35 | Norm Smith | unknown |
| 20/08/1949 | Round 18 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 11 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |
| 27/08/1949 | Round 19 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 49 | Norm Smith | Norm Smith |